Fluid dispensing can



March 22, 1932. H. w. FEATHERSTONE FLUID DISPENSING CAN Filed March 19. 1950 -11 P Id A ar/"q o BY aw I ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 22519325;

V V I HARRY wamonrmrnnnsronn, or nns 'r SWANZEYQ; NEW 'nmrsnmn we 1 rLuI-n- DISPENSING can] Application filed March 19, ;19ao. {sjerial na"43731225, i

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in cans and-has for its primary object the provision ofa device of the above stated character especially adapted for dispensing cleaning fluid andis arranged to deliver a small quantity of fluid directly to the Another object ofthis invention is the 'provisiongof means to be engaged Iand'pressed by thesponge or cleaning'element while held in one-hand to moisten the latter with the cleaning fluid, ,7 leaving the ;persons other hand free to handle the fabricgbeingcleaned and also obviate the :necessityofa person ren'ioving'the eyes from the part of the fabric being cleaned. A further ob amount of fluid to the sponge or cleaning element during each operation of the device;

'7 and will prote'ot'the majorportion .ofthe cleaning fluid fromfire when exposed to the flame of a match or the like;

" A still further object of this invention is the v provision of a can; of the above stated character whichwill be simple, durable and eflicient, and whichmaybemanufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost., s

With these and other objects .in view as will become more apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain; novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of partsfas will be 7 hereinafter more fully described and claimed. a

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had to the following,

description and accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is avertical sectional viewillus trating a'can constructed in acc ordance with a my invention; v

' numeral l indicates. a container having a filling neck 2 in its top wall topermit cleansame, and

- the device.-

Figure 2 1S atop plan view illustrating the Figure 3 a horizontal sectional View of Referring in detail to the drawings the sponge or cleaning element used for removv 'ect of this invention'is the provision of means for supplyinga limited ing to be placed in the container and is normally closed by a removable top 3, I The top: wall of the container lis oiT-s'etcentrally thereof and 'apertured: to "receive a dispensing device i.

* The dispensing device l'includes acylinder 5 'located'in the container 1 andisi provided "at its upperendwith a reducedneckfijthat o extends"-'throughfthe openingjinythe top' of the ,containerand isfinternally andexternally screw-threaded, A shoulder formedjb i the reduced? lr'iecli '6 and abuts. the inner rage ofthe tfop -,w allbf the container andia locking nutor gland s is threaded to thejneckfi'against J v the outer face of the top wall and cfooperates with the shoulder 7 in tightly securing-the cylinder inthe container; The lowerjendfof thejcylinder 51s spaced slightly fromthe'bot 7 tom of the container and is closed by a remov} able valve seat; e avia'ga passage, lOtojadniit fluid from the container to the interior. time cylinder; {A valve cage llis .lotiatedih the cylinder on the valve seat i Qland supports 1a spring pressed check valve 12-ada'pted'to pred vent escape-of fluid fromthe'cylinderback" into the ycontainer' duringg the operation .iof

thedevice'. A piston" 13 is located. in thacyr: ind'erand engages one end of a'coilspring 1% a while the other end of said spring seatslonlth'e valveseat 9 aboutthe cage 11'. The piston 13 issecured to ahollow piston'r'odior tube 15 a and outwardly of the upper end of thecylwhich ektendsentirelythrough'the piston 13 check valve rl6 located'in' acupjl'? HThecfup 17is detachably secured to the tube 15 as clear- 1y shown in-Figure, 1 and is, provided with a perforated disk ,18 to form-me t for the.

spring 19 of the check'valve' 16." 'A packing 2,0 is'pos'itioned in the neck about the tube 15 and is retained therein byapacking gland V Qlthraded'in the'neck A suitable vent22 is provi dedat the'upperfendof the cylinder 5 and also aboveithe' fluid" in'wthe container i to permit air to escape from the upper portion of "the'c'ylinder" duringfthe 'reciprocation 1f the pistons i If 'operft'loln, after thecontainer' lhasbeen filled with cleaning "fluid, 1 the 'piston 1 3 is moved upwardly and downwardl several times by pressing on the cup 17 which draws fluid into the lower portion of the cylinder 5 on thefirst upward stroke of the piston and on the next downward stroke, the fluid in the cylinder is then forced through the tube 15 into the cup 17 and retained therein by the check valve'lfi. It being understood the check valve 12 will permit fluid to enter the lower portion of the cylinder on the upward movementhof the piston 13 and will prevent said fluid from returning to the container 1 on the downward stroke of the pistonfl It is also to be noted that itis only necessary .to

a vent openin adjacent the neck and located within the 0 set of the top wall, a valve between the cylinder and container, a cupshaped member secured to the end of the tube located exteriorly of the container, 2. perforated plate secured in the cup-shaped member and. spaced vfrom. the bottom thereof, and a check valve between tbeaperturedplate and lastmentioned end of the tube.

In testimony whereof I afiix my si IMMIWMTORYEAT ature. TONE.

move the piston downwardly by pressing on $1M 17 (Ii-S the iston will return to its norml position by t e influence of the spring 14 V e th cup; 1 71s released I 'pe son cleanbr'c or the like, em loysa s on e or a table cleaning element 24 and hol ds the A in one hand while the fabric being cleaned is held in theother hand and usually 1: S portand to moisten the cleaning emeptfi he person presses the same into em 17; with, sufficient force to move the {DQ 911 downwardly in- ,the cylinder 5 which I force the fluid from thelower end of the 68 de: intothe cup by wayof the tube to in nu I 3 seen that it 13 only necessaryto em- .7

hand to actuate the device .or to place redagnount f cleaning fiuid on the a i 1 -24, and that the major por- 8% flfiid will be housed or A, ,e w. en. oug t in c ose. proximity 7. cesfmua a niatchor the like.

' 1 I e eshown and described the pre- Ffid embodiment of my invention, it will u i i r that minor changes in construcamhina ion andarrangement of parts #RQX. mil/ d9 Without departing from, the sylfig ppdsggpgqf theinvention as claimed,

ang thus des r bedmyinven o h I .I e mmls:

.45 p A device for dispensingcleaning fluid to mdppand sli d ab B re ative thereto, a packing pagri in the neck, a stufling' nut threaded I a 1n enecktoiorce said materialagainstathe tube and apertured plate, a piston on the tube w thin the cyl,1nder,,tension means between thqp stouand,cylinder,said cylinder having I la: 

